Jane Marshall Rucker Macomb – Military Spouse

Birth: August 27, 1761, New Providence, Bahamas
Death: March 3, 1849, Georgetown, District of Columbia

Jane Marshall Rucker Macomb was the wife of Alexander Macomb, Sr. and the mother of Edwin Bennett Macomb.  She is buried with Edwin in Section 1, Grave 302-B, Alrington National Cemetery.

They were originally buried in the Old Presbyterian Burial Grounds in Georgetown, D.C.  However, they were moved from there to Arlington National Cemetery (Section 1, Grave 302B) on 12 May 1892.

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Jane (Janette) Marshall Rucker Macomb, second wife of Alexander Macomb, Sr.
Jane was age 36  at the time this was painted in NYC in 1797.  She is the mother of
Edwin Bennett Macomb as well as the grandmother of Daniel Henry Rucker.
and William Alexander Rucker. She was  born 27 August 1761, at Nassau,
New Providence Island. and died 3 March 1849, Geogetown, D.C.

Courtesy of Marshall Davies Lloyd

MACOMB, JANE M W/O ALEXANDER

  • DATE OF DEATH: 03/02/1849
  • DATE OF INTERMENT: 05/12/1892
  • BURIED AT: SECTION PLOT  SITE 302
  • ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
  • WIFE OF ALEXANDER MACOMB MAJOR GEN USA

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